Tobacco-hanger.



W. M. HINSON.

TOBACCO HANGER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7, 1913.

Patented Apr. 14, 19%

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WALTER 1VI. HINSON, 0F ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT.

TOBACCO-HANGER.

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T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER M. HINSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Enfield, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Tobacco-I-Ianger, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of devices above named and an object of my invention, among others, is to provide a tobacco hanger comparatively inexpensive to produce, and with which tobacco may be eifectually cured, and one that shall require a minimum amount of labor in hanging tobacco thereon and in removing it therefrom.

One form of hanger embodying my invention, and in the construction and use of which the objects hereinabove set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an edge view of my improved tobacco hanger showing its manner of use in hanging tobacco, a part only of the hanger being shown. Fig. 2 is a view of a portion of a hanger embodying my invention and as seen from a point at right angles to the point of view of Fig. 1.

My improved hanger is preferably formed, as to the loops, from a single piece of wire bent at one end to form a suspending loop 5, the wire being then twisted to complete the loop and then the two strands of the wire, produced by the bend above mentioned, being formed into clamping loops. A number of these clamping loops are formed in line located adjacent to each other, each loop having a broadened receiving portion 6 and a narrow clamping portion 7. The wire is twisted as at 8 to separate the suspending loop 5 from the clamping loops and also to separate the clamping loops one from another, and the clamping loops will be provided in such numbers as may be desired, I having found that a hanger consisting of from ten to fifteen loops will produce satisfactory results. The wires may be twisted as many times as is necessary to secure them together between the clamping loops, in the form of structure herein shown the twist being so formed that the wire constituting a half of a loop on one edge of the hanger constitutes a half of the next succeeding loop on the same edge of the hanger.

A holding and dividing strand 9 of wire is wrought into the structure as it is formed, this dividing and holding strand passing Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 7, 1913.

Patented Apr. 1 1, 1914.

Serial No. 746,822.

centrally through each of the clamping loops as shown clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawing, t 111s dividing each of the loops into two receiving parts 10 and two clamping parts 11.

In the preferred form of construction the strands composing the outer portion of each loop are formed of a wire of such size that it will not indent the stems of the leaves to any appreciable degree, while on the other hand, the strands 9 dividing the loops are composed of a wire much smaller in diameter, so that it will indent. or sink into the sides of the stems 12 of the leaves 13 to hold the leaves securely in place.

In the use of the hanger the stems of the leaves are inserted, two into each loop on opposite sides of the holding strand 9, being first placed in the receiving part 10 and then forced downward into the narrow clamping part 11 of the loops, the strand 9 indenting or sinking into the sides of the green leaves thus securely holding them in place, This holding of the loop is further aided as the leaves begin to wilt as the end of the stem will soon assume a form something like that shown in Fig. 1.

It will be noted that my hanger is employed for hanging picked tobacco, that is, for hanging the separate leaves, and that arrangement of the loops is such that free.

air space 15 is provided between the leaves providing for free circulation of air when the hanger is suspended by the loop 5 as from a lath 14 as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

WVhile I have shown and described herein a preferred form of construction of my improved hanger this may be changed to a greater or lesser extent and yet embody the invention and I do not therefore limit my invention to the exact construction herein shown and described.

I claim- 1. A tobacco hanger comprising an integral structure composed of strands of wire formed into successive loops, said loops being supported one by another, and each loop having a broadened receiving part and a narrower clamping part, and means for securing the wires together between the loops.

2. A tobacco hanger including a number of loops formed in line and from a single strand of wire, each loop having a broadened receiving part and a narrower clamping part, and a member dividing each loop into two parts.

3. A tobacco hanger composed of strands of wire twisted into a single structure to form successive loops, said loops being sup ported one by another, and each loop having a broadened receiving part and a narrower clamping part, said parts being formed into a twist between the loops.

4:. A tobacco hanger composed of strands of wire twisted together at intervals to form loops therebetween, each loop having a broadened receiving part at its upper end and a narrower clamping part at its lower end, and a wire secured to the structure and dividing each of the loops.

5. A tobacco hanger composed of strands of wire twisted at intervals to form loops between the twists, each loop consisting of a broadened receiving portion and a narrow clamping portion, and a smaller strand of wire dividing each of the loops into two parts.

loops being widest at that end toward the supporting loop and tapering to a smaller dimension at the opposite end, and a strand of wire of smaller diameter twisted into each of said twisted parts and extending lengthwise across each of the loops at the center thereof.

WALTER M. HINSON. Witnesses:

A. E; OBRmN, E. A. EATON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

